E-mail after purchase. Please try again. East and West Volume 2 The World Over. Please try again. William Somerset Maugham was born at the British Embassy in Paris in 1874 into a family of lawyers. Somerset Maugham needs no comments from me. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. About Collected Short Stories: Volume 1. The Greatest Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy **Collectors Edition** $20.00. Orphaned at ten and exiled to an indifferent uncle and hated boarding school in Kent, he escaped briefly to Heidelberg university where he discovered literature, love and his urge to write, he qualified as a doctor in London, exploiting his medical experiences not to practice but to pen a sensational novel, Liza of Lambeth, that launched his career. Please try your request again later. But in all his work, observations of characters from ordinary to less ordinary are brought to life beautifully by his inner camera'. Excellent stories . He has travelled much and seen a lot. I have many more of his works ahead to read. He trained as a doctor in London, where he started writing his first novels. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. This Macmillan Collector’s Library selection features ten of his finest and most vivid stories: 'The Letter', 'The Verger', 'The Vessel of Wrath', 'The Book-Bag', 'The Facts of Life', 'Lord Mountdrago', 'The Colonel's Lady', 'The Treasure', 'Rain' and 'P&O'.This elegant edition of W. Somerset Maugham's Best Short Stories features an afterword by writer and journalist Ned Halley.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Maugham never disappoints. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. 0000004076 00000 n Brilliant collection of classic short stories. Many of the stories were ones I had never read before. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. This handsome book, complete with gold 'edge papers' was a surprise: the price was so reasonable I did not expect just a little gem. Editor's Picks: Science Fiction & Fantasy, William Faulkner Novels 1930-1935 (LOA #25), Carson McCullers: Complete Novels (LOA #128), James Fenimore Cooper: The Leatherstocking Tales Vol. Share this book with your friends and family. We’d love your help. You turn the pages and enter a magical world of fabulous characters. He spoke French even before he spoke a word of English, a fact to which some critics attribute the purity of his style. From classic fiction and non-fiction to poetry and children's books, the Macmillan Collector's Library makes the best of world literature available in beautifully produced, collectible editions. %PDF-1.4 %���� 0000017629 00000 n 0000028113 00000 n 0000005875 00000 n 0000028286 00000 n I've immersed myself in these two volumes every evening for weeks now, looking forward to it every day. 0000009804 00000 n Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2018. Notes and Queries 58.4 (2011): 590-91. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I thought with shuddering fascination of those dinner-parties. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. This elegant edition of W. Somerset Maugham's Best Short Stories features an afterword by writer and journalist Ned Halley. I loved every single one of these stories. <]>> Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Plus his grammar and vocabulary and use of the language are tops. Start by marking “The Best Short Stories of William Somerset Maugham” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. rich and satisfying reading experience. The War of the Worlds (Macmillan Collector's Library)(Pocket Size), Treasure Island (Macmillan Collector's Library), Our Man in Havana (Macmillan Collector's Library), The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and other stories (Macmillan Collector's Library), Poems for Happiness (Macmillan Collector's Library), The Sonnets (Macmillan Collector's Library), Oh! A review of some of W. Somerset Maugham’s short stories. Midday Connection Book Club Recommended Reading By Dr. Rosalie De Rosset, What Happened to Offred? 0000003108 00000 n 0000025531 00000 n This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. The type size may stretch some reader's eyes, but not overly. It's beautifully presented, quite small with dense print which is still easy on the eye - see attached image, which also shows how explicit some of his writing could be. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published 0000002270 00000 n I've immersed myself in these two volumes every evening for weeks now, looking forward to it every day. Boom. The author presented his views about actresses. 0000067109 00000 n Welcome back. Not all agreed with him. 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